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DrawingsGerman20th century

Woman with butterfly

c. 1946

Artists

Ernst Wilhelm NayArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

32.4 x 24.9 cm (12 3/4 x 9 13/16 in.)

Provenance

The artist, by inheritance to his widow Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler, gift; to Siegfried Gohr, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2008

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